Extraterrestrial impacts on earth: the evidence and the consequences

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 140, Issue , 1998, Pages 105-131

  Grieve, Richard A F ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CRATERING; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IMPACT STRUCTURE; MASS EXTINCTION; MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 0032321961     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.10     Document Type: Article

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